Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 481: Miscellaneous Moral, Penitential and Theological Treatises, Exempla and Verses
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- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 481: Miscellaneous Moral, Penitential and Theological Treatises, Exempla and Verses
- Alternate Title:
- Hugo de Folieto, Alcuinus, Ps.-Aristoteles, W. Mapes, etc.
- Language:
- Latin
- Extent:
- ff. 5 + 363
- Dimensions:
- 94 Height (mm) and 63 Width (mm)
- Approximate Date:
- [ca. 1200 - 1225]
- Table of contents:
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- De claustro animae (first part)
- De claustro animae (second part)
- De claustro animae (third part)
- Ad interrogationem amici
- De uirtutibus et uitiis
- Notes on Confession
- De sex alis cherubim
- Vitae patrum (Vitas patrum) (excerpts)
- Ecclesiasticus (excerpts)
- Meditationes piissimae de cognitione humanae conditionis
- Epistola Aristotelis ad Alexandrum regem
- Physiognomia
- De interpretatione somniorum
- Duodecim abusionibus claustri
- Verses on the Ten Commandments and Seven Sacraments
- Verses on the seven ages of man
- Exhortatio ad sacerdotes
- Sermo Goliae
- Apocalypsis Goliae episcopi
- De uirtute clauium
- Parabolae
- Regula ad servos Dei
- De spiritu et anima (extracts)
- Sermon on Confession
- Dispute between Mercy and Justice
- Miscellaneous verses
- Rhythmum de caritate
- Miscellaneous verses
- Signa mundanae consummacionis
- Verses on contemptus mundi
- De obitu hominis
- De argucia mulierum
- Fifteen Signs of the Day of Judgement
- Tract on Confession
- Extracts from Gregory the Great and Augustine
- De conflictu uitiorum et uirtutum
- De uitiis
- De principalibus uitiis
- De leuibus peccatis
- De peccatis criminalibus
- Expositio super Pater noster
- Exposition on the Creed
- De ponderibus
- De sancta Familia
- Tractatus de consanguinitate
- Terminorum numeralium
- Description:
- CCCC MS 481 is a miscellany of over forty texts, mostly short tracts. The subject matter of these is mostly on moral, penitential and theological themes, but there are also exempla and verses, some attributed to Walter Map (c. 1140-1210). The book, written in the early thirteenth century, begins with four texts by Hugh of Fouilloy OSA (d. c. 1172/3). Longer texts included in this diverse collection are Alcuin (c. 735/40-804), De uirtutibus et uitiis, Alanus ab Insula (c. 1128-1202), De sex alis cherubim, excerpts from the biblical book, Ecclesiasticus, pseudo-Bernard of Clairvaux, Meditationes piissimae de cognitione humanae conditionis, the Apocalypsis Goliae, Odo of Cheriton OCist (d. 1247), Exempla de animalibus (Parabolae) and Ambrosius Autpertus (d. 784), De conflictu uitiorum et uirtutum.